Belt hook for uniform garments



Oct. 19 1926.

G. S. NORRISv BELT HOOK FOB. UNIFORM-GARMENTS Original Filed April 17 INVENTOR WITNESSES A TTORNE YS Patented Oct. 19, 1926.

`UNITED STATES 1,604,067 PATENT ortica.

GEORGE S. NORRIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT HOOK FOR UNIFORM GARMEN'IS.

Application filed April 17, 1924, Serial No. 707,224. `Renewed May 10, 1926.

This invention has relation to belt hooks which are especially designed for supporting the belts of uniform garments.`

At the present time belt hooks which are used in Vthis connection have been permanently attached or associated with the garment and have proved unsatisfactory for the reason that they interfere with the laun dering and pressing of the garment, and fur thermore due to the fact that they become bent or otherwise distorted when the garment is pressed.

It is, therefore, the outstanding object of the present invention to overcome the above recited disadvantages by providing a detachable means for associating the hook with the garment so that the same may be disassociated or detached during the laundering, cleaning and pressing of the garment.

As a further object the invention comprehends a means for detachably associating' the hook with the garment, which does not materially add to the cost of production of the garment and which is further found to be highly eiiicient in its purpose.

ith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following speer fication, particularly pointed out in the ap-v pended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are eX pressed.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a fragmentary outer face view of a garment equipped with a hook attach ing means constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view there* through taken approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an inner face view of the garment.

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken ap proximately on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring Vto the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a fragmentary portion of a garment which is provided with an opening 11 through which the nose 12 of the hook of stiff material, is designed to be projected for the purpose of receiving and supporting the belt, the shank l,1,3 of the hook being of the usual construction with eyes 14 formed at its free end. The belt hook supporting and attaching means which constitutes the invention consists of a tab 15 which is secured by stitching 16 to the inner face of the sides of the garment, the said tab 15 being of an appropriate length to cover the opening 11. 'Ihe tab is provided with openings 17 and 18, the lat-ter opening being disposed adjacent the free lower end of the tab and at a point approximately in alignment with the opening 11. 'Ihe shank 13 is threaded through the openings 1T and 18 with the right angular bight 19 of the hook extending through the opening 18,

while the eyes 111 serve as stop means to prevent entire projection of the free end of the shank through the upper opening 17.

After the hook is thus engaged with the tab 15, the nose 12 of the hook is inserted through the opening 11 in the garment body, the bight portion 19 engaging in the opening 11 whereby the hook is detachably associated with the garment and properly maintained 1n position for supporting the belt. "When it is desired to remove the hook from the garment for the purpose of laundering and pressing the same the nose 12 is withdrawn from the opening 11 and the hook may then be disengaged from the openings 17 and 18 of the tab. If desired the tab may be constructed of a double thickness of material as illustrated and the rear face of the garment Vbetween the point of attachment of the tab therewith and the opening 11 may be lined with a lining strip 2O which will be formed with an opening 21 in alignment with the opening 11.

From the foregoing it will thus be seen that extremely simple and inexpensive means has been provided for detachably associating a belt supporting hook with a garment wherebv the same may be readily removed and reapplied to the garment when desired.

I claim:

1. In a belt support for garments, the combination of a garment having an opening therein and provided on its inner face with a tab extending below the opening thereof and having two vertically alined openings, the lower one of which is opposite the opening of the garment, and a hook of stiff material having an enlargement at the end of its shank, the shank being threaded through the openings of the tab with .the enlargement lll) )thereof lying between the tab andV garment and thehook extending through Vthe opening of the garment with the bight of the hook in said opening and the opening of the tab, and the hook extending upwardly on the outer aoe of the garment to receive a belt between it and the garment.

2, In a belt Vsupport for garments, the combination of a garment having an openinpl;` therein and provided on' its inner face With aV tab eXten'ding below4 said opening and havingY two vertically alned openings',V the loWer-oneof Whichf is' 'opposite the open* ing' of the garment', anda-hook of' stili' Inaterial having a right angular bight and provided with oppositely arranged eyes at the endY of its Shank, the shank being threaded through the openings of the tab with the eyes thereof lying between the tab and garment and the hook extending through the opening of the garment With the bight thereofA in said opening andthe opening of the tab, and the hook extending upwardly, on the outerfao'e' of the garmentl injspacedrelat'ion thereto to recieve a belt between it and' the' 25 garment.

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